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I beat the champ in Peridot, that was really fun. The Elite 4 felt very harrowing when you can only save your game at a PC.
The double element gyms were a great take, I especially liked the gauntlet feel of having to go through the whole gym in one go.
The somewhat spiraling nature of the region made backtracking and hopping around fairly simple. This was especially useful because I was a blind idiot and didn't get Fly until after the 8th gym. I had never double checked the snow town until I went back looking for pokedex completion, completely forgot about the girl there.
Mallarky carried me harder than I maybe should have let him but he's a beast. Swords dance and STAB return gets work done.
Snomad was definitely the coolest, I love the design and there's not a lot that could stand up to a nasty plotted ice beam/thunder punch combo, and its attack stat makes crunch hit fairly hard as well.
I kept my team to only new pokemon; Mandrabell, Ancor, and Concher were on for a while but eventually fell aside for Searion and Skelegon.
Nyanell was the only disappointing pokemon that I came across. Its stats didn't stand out anywhere, and at every turn there seemed to be a bug, fighting, or fairy type that made me have to switch out. Not to mention that Raiger and Snomad more than took care of the dark type needs for the team.
My team did have a nasty weakness to fighting and ground, thankfully Skelegon could switch into most fighting types safely (several Machamps near the end didn't seem to have any non-fighting attacks at all), but earthquake was always a worry. It's super effective against 5 of my pokemon and it felt like many physical pokemon had access to it, but once again Mallarky being able to safely switch into an earthquake saved my ass from having to change up the team composition.
Now I just have to finish the pokedex and figure out the secret areas that I passed by.
Great romhack, goes right into the "good shit" Gen 2 folder.
